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WGUS73 KIND 020122

FFSIND



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

922 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009



INC023-157-020245-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CLINTON-TIPPECANOE-

922 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR

CLINTON AND SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTIES...



AT 920 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

SHADELAND...MULBERRY...MICHIGANTOWN AND FRANKFORT.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT IN THE LAST HOUR...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN IN EAST CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY NEAR 

MICHIGANTOWN AND ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 29 NORTH OF MICHIGANTOWN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THE NEXT HOUR OF UP TO AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.



&&



LAT...LON 4037 8625 4019 8624 4020 8663 4021 8671

      4022 8671 4022 8677 4026 8704 4035 8705

      4035 8673 4039 8673



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